oh it's hard for me to get back into the swing of blogging after such a long break. really, i do love to have this space and connect with you - and when i read back over entries from years past, i'm so glad i have kept this blog. but my heart is not in it like it ued to be. partly due to a frustratingly slow and old computer, but also my tendancy to draw inwards when i'm feeling emotional.
i would love to get back to sharing creative, recycled happy things here along with tales of our life overseas - which is such a wonderful experience to be having despite the ups and downs of being away from family and familiar land.
thankyou for all the kind words about our dear ol dog. life can be painful but what i am learning is that if you can feel it and share it, it is worth it. i'd like to give you all a big fat hug.
xo
Oh hun, you share when you can and know we are here if you need us and if you can't we understand. I've always admired you and your family for making such brave decisions, having lived away from home for 14 years albeit within a driveable distance I know it is hard, I'm faced with waving my brother off to foreign lands today knowing that life will never quite be the same again.
Hugs to you all!
Posted by: Virginia | January 15, 2013 at 11:34 AM
Emily - don't generally comment. More of a lurker. But just want to say that I find you so, so inspirational. And as a mom myself, I love reading your stories about life as a mom. :)
Posted by: Mary Jo | January 15, 2013 at 11:36 AM
Right back at you :-) I love reading your blog but I also know that blogging - like any other creative pursuit - has its ebb and flow. You'll come back to more regular blogging when the time is right.
Posted by: Anne-Marie | January 15, 2013 at 12:01 PM
Love from Portland, Maine. ((((((( e ))))))
Posted by: Karen | January 15, 2013 at 01:56 PM
I have often found inspiration in your writing. And that next to last sentence: if you can feel it and share it, it's worth it! I'll feed on that for a while. Love.
Posted by: Dorit | January 15, 2013 at 02:01 PM
Big big fat hug,,from tho old gal tired dreads,,,,My heart is heavy wih yours..which you could move to San Dandiego and be with your tribe!Any possibly that !!!crasy techer could move to YCLA????? Besides I need A new wardrobe!!!
I only only waer em Felkbridge!!!!LOL!!!
Posted by: debi cole | January 15, 2013 at 02:43 PM
Big hugs right back at cha. With a lamination and cheesy might scroll on top (i'm sorry, ew!).
Would love love love to see how your little business is chugging along. How are your designs going? What are you making? Because I know that you ARE making things.
Plus, please show me some snow....and children wrapped up in warm winter woollies...you know, just to fuel my sweaty hot desires, hold on that sounded SO wrong. I mean, here I am, bearly able to put on a tshirt, drenched in sweat and just so hot. I dream of being chilly, and being able to wear wool. Funny how you are now living my dream.....whereas I am sure just a few winters ago you would have given anything to be in my shoes (thongs only, nothing with socks).
Love you lots, girl. And now that Ivy is starting to write, any chance she'd like a pen pal in singapore? I asked miss Ella and she was very keen. What do you think?
Posted by: Georgia | January 15, 2013 at 02:56 PM
Massive hugs to you from the good old UK. I love your blog and enjoy reading about your life and your smashing kiddiwinks, but you shouldn't feel its a commitment. I occasionally find my 52 questions tag book and have a read through and think of you ( despite having not ever met you, hope you get my meaning!!). I withdraw too when feeling emotional so you are not the only one. Wishing you and your lovely family a happy 2013.
Posted by: Carole R | January 16, 2013 at 05:25 AM
ready here for you whenever you're up for being here, as always! agree with all the comments: ebb & flow, inspirations, hugs, love, & support, even though we've never met. yours is a unique, real, wonderful bloggy place to be, and i love checking in every now and then to see if you've been here. cheers to you from OR. :-)
Posted by: Lindsay | January 16, 2013 at 09:11 PM
Emily, I haven't posted on here much and have never met you, but I love your ebb and flow way of blogging. I wouldn't be able to keep up with a daily blog anyway. I find that when you post, it is heartfelt, meaningful, and real. You are one of a handful of blogs I check, and I always feel so happy when you post. But it should never drag you down. After reading the posts above, I think many of us feel the same way.
I was hoping your family was safe in Australia with all of the fires there lately, too. Strange weather everywhere--scary.
And to Carole R from the UK--I just love those British expressions "smashing" and kiddiwinks." Must the UK have everything that is cool?
Posted by: Melissa | January 17, 2013 at 10:25 AM
A big fat hug right back to you Em :) I know the pain of losing a furry family member, sending you love and warm Perth sunshine xoxoxo Ps the snow looks amazing - perfect quilting weather!
Posted by: michelle | January 17, 2013 at 03:08 PM
I don't check blogs often these days, much less write them (except for posting to our business site), but... I'm feeling the pull to write on my personal blog again & get back to reading my old favorites. Yours included. :)
Posted by: Laura Reaux | January 17, 2013 at 11:07 PM
Hi! This is probly the first time I have commented on your blog, though I have checked in here regularly for years! ever since I found you on Goddess Leonie's blog. (Hmmm....Glad I am finally commenting because now I don't feel like such a stalker!) I just adore this space, whether you are posting a lot or not. This space reminds me that the rhythms of life are such that they are and sometimes blogs are in that flow and sometimes not. Thank you for sharing your life, and your humanness. I hope you will continue to find joy in keeping this space. Sending you lots of love <3
Posted by: Amanda | January 19, 2013 at 09:49 AM
I love reading your blog and I am always excited when you blog..You are being a good mom and a good wife and yeah moving alot sucks..Keep your head up my friend and know so many girls out here are rooting for you always and love you ..
Posted by: gloria king | January 22, 2013 at 02:04 PM